Panda diplomacy might not be dead just yet

Open this photo in gallery: Giant panda Xiao Qi Ji plays at his enclosure at the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington on Sept. 28.Jose Luis Magana/The Associated Press The fur balls might be coming back to Washington and San Diego. Chinese President Xi Jinping said in a speech Wednesday night that his nation's best diplomats, giant pandas, might soon return to zoos in the United States that have recently sent bears back to their homeland. "We are ready to continue our co-operation with the United States on panda conservation, and do our best to meet the wishes of the Californians…